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| Slim Lords vote for 'PSNI 50-50' | Slim Lords vote for 'PSNI 50-50' |
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| The 50-50 recruitment rule for the PSNI has been renewed in the House of Lords by a majority of just 44. | The 50-50 recruitment rule for the PSNI has been renewed in the House of Lords by a majority of just 44. |
| The result was 141 to 97. Former UUP leader Lord Trimble urged peers to reject the move following Monday's deal between the DUP and Sinn Fein. | The result was 141 to 97. Former UUP leader Lord Trimble urged peers to reject the move following Monday's deal between the DUP and Sinn Fein. |
| He said reverse discrimination was now counter-productive. | He said reverse discrimination was now counter-productive. |
| However, the government's Lord Rooker said: "Nobody who has been appointed to the PSNI in the last six years, has failed to be done on merit." | However, the government's Lord Rooker said: "Nobody who has been appointed to the PSNI in the last six years, has failed to be done on merit." |
| "All of them have gone through the merit, all of them have qualified to be United Kingdom police officers." | "All of them have gone through the merit, all of them have qualified to be United Kingdom police officers." |
| Pauline McCabe, an independent member of the Policing Board, told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster it was right to retain 50-50 recruitment. | |
| "On balance, given the progress we have made and the reason for introducing 50-50 in the first place, I do think it's wise that for one further period at least, we have the safety of the legal mechanism to give certainty to what Patten intended," she said. | |
| "Patten said that it should operate for at least 10 years - we're now in year six/seven - to make sure we achieve the outcome we are looking for." | |
| In 1999, a commission chaired by Lord Patten recommended widespread changes to the police service, then the Royal Ulster Constabulary. | |
| The Patten Report recommended the 50-50 policy as a key element of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. | |
| It means 50% of all new recruits to the Police Service of Northern Ireland must be from the Catholic community. |